Albuquerque, NM-On July
15, 2011 United States Marshals Service Deputies in the District of New Mexico
arrested Anthony Deon Hodge. Hodge is wanted by the Bakersfield California
Police Department on charges of attempted murder, shooting at an occupied motor
vehicle, discharge of firearm from a vehicle at a person, and participating in a
street gang.

Deputies in the
Albuquerque office of the United States Marshals Service received information
that Hodge was staying at a residence on Montgomery Street here in Albuquerque.
On the morning of July 15, Deputies went to the address where they believed
Hodge to be staying and arrested him without incident. Hodge was booked at the
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center where he will wait extradition
back to California.

Conrad Candelaria
United States Marshal for New Mexico said, "When our federal, state and local
officers assigned to our fugitive task force are called upon to apprehend a
violent fugitive they do so in a quick, efficient and safe manner. This
dangerous fugitive from California is an example of how a multitude of law
enforcement agencies can work together to make our communities safer."